Conceptualizing age-friendly communities

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 479-493

  Menec, Verena H ^a   Means, Robin ^b   Keating, Norah ^c   Parkhurst, Graham ^b   Eales, Jacquie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

community environment; ecological theory; healthy aging; physical environment; social environment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 82555187498     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980811000237     Document Type: Article

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